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I suck at this. So embarrassed desu ;_;

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There’s always a bazaar beside Smart Tower every payday. I’ve been buying clothes from there almost every month since April and I love the clothes I’ve been buying. I got some cheap blouses for 150 each, shirts at 90 each (because of the buy one, take one deals). I am not a small woman so it’s harder for me to find cute and cheap clothes I really like and I am so happy to go to that bazaar often enough.

This week I went twice with different companions. Thursday, it was Pepper. I got two new shirts from there. Last night, it was Ja. We got hoodies of the same style but different prints. I fit well in the XL size. Yay! We girls were so giddy last night because of the cheap finds!

To show how giddy we were, we had photos taken when we got back to the office:

(Thanks to Ealden for the original upload! :D)

Never could I imagine that my life will be changed by coffee and tea.

He was such a computer geek and I guess you could consider me a nerd. We met in a geekette’s party and yet we didn’t get to really talk until our common friend said he had books of Umberto Eco. That drew me to him. And one afternoon we decided to meet up for coffee and tea in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Greenbelt 3. He had books. I had a laptop. It was an afternoon in January 2005. We met at around 6pm and conversation just flowed on and on and on. We practically never left the table and we savored each drop of our drinks and each word that was said. It was the beginning of a series of meetings in the coffee shop.

Months ensued and we met in the afternoons, some times in the evenings. It was probably the coffee, the tea, the atmosphere. We kept talking a lot until one day I realized how much I shared with him and I couldn’t wait for the next time we’d be sitting under one of the umbrellas or on the sofa chairs. Maybe the barista put something in the tea or the coffee. Something was definitely brewing and we both took it in and it’s been a little over three years since then.

This is my Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf story. Or maybe more like my geek/nerd love story, but some of the most important days and conversations did happen there.

Am getting a Rui repaint! Wheee! I won her on an Ebay auction.

Actually, I am considering getting a Sumire face from someone selling her on Flickr. I already have her alternate clothing. Maybe I won’t like her school uniform much anymore. Dunno.

I got an Ohara face + her alternate clothes today. Marj and I split the Ohara pack this afternoon. Ryan and Nina were both there and were showing us other Pinky stuff. Need monies!!!!

Anyhow, I am just happy that Rui repaint is coming home to me and that I have an Ohara face now

I want to make my own headbands!!!!!!!!!!1

This link gives us an idea of what kinds of headbands we could make. I want to make something similar to the Gossip Girl headbands. (I actually didn’t know they were popular because of that show. I saw them on the lolita communities I watch on LJ.) I prefer sidebows to top bows as is common in a lot of lolita coordinates I’ve seen so far. The sidebows aren’t as popular as the ‘head-eating’ bows probably until Gossip Girl? I don’t know for sure… It’s just that I find sidebows more reasonable. ^^;

I still have some lace at home. I’d probably ask Nay Lita to save my left-over grey cloth (from the jumper skirt I commissioned her to sew). I plan to make bows with them. Might as well add one to a headband XD

So many people, so many toys, so little time! I wish I was there in Megamall earlier so I could have seen if there was anyone selling Re-ment. Anyhow, I picked up two of my new Pinkies from Rotch! She was there around the time my sister and our friends were just about to enter the hall so it was great timing.

On to the pictures:

Yoko Kurama in a photo op with a girl in maid cosplay. Not sure of the character she’s cosplaying. Gomen. ^^;;

Yoko Kurama in a shot I really liked a lot.

Soul Eaters group shot

Pullips and their owners. I want a Pullip too!

Sachiko! ♥ Kaoko spotted me earlier than this shot. When I saw her later that day I just had to take a picture of Sachiko.

Eureka 7 cosplayers!!! ♥ I love Eureka 7 and so I just had to follow these girls and take their photos. Anemone and Eureka without Dominic and Renton. I would have liked to see Renton and Dominic too!

My sister and her BIG FLUFFY PIYOPIYO PLUSHIE FTW!!!!!!!!! Of course, she really had to buy this plushie. She couldn’t resist. And it was cheap too! It was just 350pesos.

Shaider and Ultraman

Rock on~!


Mojo Jojo

Not sure about the anime/game/manga they’re from but they look cute ne?

Random photos I took simply because I liked what they were wearing:

For more of the Toy Con pics I took, you could check them out in my Flickr photo set of ToyCon 2008.

I regret the following about the ToyCon though:

1. There is no Kalye Pinky booth
2. I wasn’t there early enough to check if there were Re-ment stuff for sale.
3. I didn’t buy a Manikako doll kit. :( But Sean that his cousin ran that booth and he’d give word about my interest!
4. I didn’t see Stikfas :(I suppose there were Stikfas there but because of the crowd, I didn’t see any.
5. I didn’t bring my other officemates along with me because they’d enjoy seeing all those cosplays and toys.
6. I didn’t see Kel and Sean

Things I am happy about yesterday’s ToyCon:

1. I got a 2oz Sculpey Premo pack for testing.
2. My sister got a cute Piyopiyo
3. We saw lots of cute plushies!!!!! My eyes were checking them out!
4. I ran into some of my online contacts and a few RL buddies.
5. I saw a booth showcasing the works of Alfredo Alcala.
6. I saw HardGay and his bouncers

Maybe next year? I suppose there’d be better stuff! And I’d watch out for them

Materials:
straw hat
crimson wide ribbon - shiny, gauzy
crimson not-so-wide ribbon - opaque, satin
white lace
synthetic flower
thread
needle

I basically just decorated a straw hat. I had to cut up the gauzy ribbon so that it will go around the hat. Then I sewed it up so that it will be a band. I added white lace to the band. After that I made a bow with the gauzy ribbon and pinned it to the band using the flower. I cut two ribbons so that I could sew them to the inner part of the hat. The ribbons will be used to tie it under the wearer’s chin or the nape.

It’s so fun decorating hats! I sewed up the stuff by hand

The two j-dramas are quite different from each other but I download the fansubs regularly. (Love you, SARS-fansubs! And Kioku too! )

It’s Rjene who told me about Zettai Kareshi. It’s based on a Yuu Watase manga which I saw in one of the copies of Shojo Beat, IIRC. It’s amusing how Riiko, a temp at a company, has managed to purchase a robot as her perfect boyfriend. There’s this love-hate relationship between her and the robot which she named Night. It’s more of love for her from the robot and her loving and hating Night. There’s also this building attraction between Riiko and her boss Soshi and so it is now a love triangle among the three of them. I like watching it because it questions the perceptions of what a robot is and what is important in a relationship. Also, there are pastries in the story too because Asamoto (the company where Riiko is a temp) is making them and selling them.

Last Friends was mentioned in a friend’s LJ and so I had to compulsion to watch it because it raises the issues such as domestic violence, homosexuality and other personal issues people could relate with. In contrast to Zettai Kareshi, Last Friends is quite realistic and serious. I’ve only seen two episodes and I have this feeling that it will have such a tragic ending, judging from the opening theme and the sequences of events. I just started episode three a while back (but had to stop because I had to do something) and I have this sneaky feeling that I’d probably cry at the end of it. I don’t know yet but the feeling is there.

J-dramas are short, thankfully. So after ten to twelve episodes, of each series, I’d be watching yet another set of J-dramas. Maybe something that would give me a break from all this madness around me.

I currently blog for more personal reasons. I used to blog a lot because of what I learned and felt like sharing. Now it’s more for capturing certain moments in my life and remembering them.

The Internet is full of blogs about all sorts of topics. I am not sure if every niche has been filled. But I wonder if too many blogs just add to the noise and filters like RSS Readers (which give recommendations, etc.) are getting saturated by so much content.

I also blog because I need to interact, somehow. Even on a relatively passive manner, I must interact with others. Over the past how many months, I’ve become more introverted than ever (even though some of you might not believe it). As such, this blog as well as my food blog and my LJ keep the rest of the world in the know.

There’s also my Linux blog on b5. I like blogging there because I know what it’s like to be a new Linux user and I still feel it sometimes. I get some emails correcting my posts or feedback that they have interesting ideas to share and it’s a learning experience for me. It’s not easy to maintain several blogs but it is still fun.

And I still have some personal projects which I need to blog about. Someday soon, I know I will. That’s another reason for blogging. Blogs enable people to give feedback even if you don’t personally know them.